🌳 Valterra 200 C20 Swing Spring Combo Review

There was some doubt about this valve as it is not a commonly used valve for lawn water pumps. . However, since my other valve seemed to stop working and the pump shut off, I went with this clean valve and am glad I did. After much scratching my head I settled on a 1/2 pound spring which seems to work great. No more loss of performance. The best way for me to observe the water flow is when the pump is running and of course I'm drinking beer. The valve is well made and durable. Only time will…

I bought this "see through" check valve because I wanted to see how it would work to prevent water from my pool backing up into my filter . I needed two 2" valves and my pool guy had a check valve and was reluctant when I insisted he use that as a second valve. I thought what could go wrong? I just can't believe that the metal spring that is the valve's only closing mechanism rusted almost completely. Given that the pool worker had to cut and glue my PVC pipes I am very disappointed that they…

Use this with a 2500 GPH pump and found about a 40% flow reduction due to the fact that the Spring just shut up. partially open. It seems like the spring tension could be reduced a bit while still being effective. Eventually I grabbed the spring with needle nose pliers and twisted it hoping it would flex to release the tension, but the metal snapped at the neck leaving the spring still trapped in the hub. Then I got out some dental tools and a screwdriver and was finally able to pry the tab…